AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE (1867 - 1918) The Austr<rHWtgarian Empire was formed when Austria and HWlgary negotiated a compromise called "Ausgleich." It was a dual monarchy.

Frans-Josef I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and monarch of the other states in the Empire. He ruled over a vast area, which included land now part of independent countries.

The map below shows stamps issued by Austria and Hungary, with postmarks of towns now in those coWttries.

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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY FROM ONE EMPIRE TO MANY NATIONS

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Currcm polll c'11 boum.ILP1us • Cummt national capitals

For some of the postmarks, the German name is listed first, followed bi the local name.

• Austria (Wien), • Hungary (Budapest), • Czech Republic (Prag/Praha), • Slovakia (Heteny / Chotin) •Croatia (Varaf.din) •Slovenia (Laibach/yubljana) • Bosnia & Herzegovina (Doboj) • Poland (Krakau/Krakow), • Ukraine (Munkacs/Muka�evo), •Romania (Segesvar/Sighisoara), •Serbia (O.Becse/Becej) • Italy (f riest/Trieste).

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ROMANIA

• Buc:barul

PRE WWI Individual states

Some were part of the

Austro Hungarian Empire

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

1879-1918

Serbia

1866-1920

Serbia -Austrian

Occupation

1916

DIED 1918

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Slovenia

(Austrian stamps

were used)

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Balkan Countries Die and Are Reborn As Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia Dies and the Balkan Countries Are Reborn. (*A Country is Considered Dead When It Stops Issuing Stamps} Croatia

(Austrian stamps

were used)

United Yugoslavia 1918 - 1992

First Stamp of Yugoslavia

Last Stamp of Yugoslavia

Slovenia

Tit I<. 1<'0 ltM 1-:lt YUGOSLAVIA

Montenegro

1874-1917

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Occupation 1917 -1918

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Montenegro

2006 - date Montenegro Serb Admin.

2003-2006

Macedonia

1992 to date

Croatia

1991 - date

AFTER THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION

Yugoslavia breaks up into independent countries

Reborn 1992

Bosnia & Her­

zegovina

Three Different

Administra­

tions: Muslim,

Croat, Serb

1991- date

Serbia and

Montenegro

2003-2006

Kosovo 2000- 2008

Monarchs, Lighthouses and Inventors

These three stamps are part of Newfound's contribution to a 1937 "Omnibus" issue by most members of the British Commonwealth to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

Marconi Cape Race Cape Race

Newfoundland is noted for several important 2o•h. Century historical events. In 1901 Guglielmo Marconi transmitted a radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean to a receiveing station located near St. John's. The first stamp was issued by Canada in 197 4 to commemorate the 100th. Anniversary of his birth. In 1912, the radio station located at Cape Race played an important part in the sinking of the Titanic. The next two stamps show the Cape Race lighthouse.The first stamp is part of the "Perkins Bacon" printing issued between 1932 and 1937. The larger stamp is part of the "Long Coronation Issue" issued in 1937. The last stamp, issued in 1947, honors the 450th. Anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland. This is Newfoundland's final issue before becoming a part of Canada. The cover below is a first flight cover for the first Pan Am airmail clipper flight from Gander to Brussels, Belgium.

- PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS FIRST CLIPPER AIR MAIL FLIGHT GANDER TO BRUSSELS

0 ,_. AMfllCAN WDAlD AIRWAY!

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FIRST CllPf>Elt FLl�HT ... ._• FROM GANOfR •

TO f3RUSSELS "'llUll ·-"'""'

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c/o Pan American Airways Shell Building 66 Rue Ravenstein Brussels, Belgium

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Althou.9h it was nevef' a nqtioVI per se, West 13edin did iss1.1e its own stamps for a fittle over L/O years> 1q1g- /q9o. How this . came about, and why it ended, have to do w1'th complex politi­cal aVld economie issues fe{ated to the -post-wWn occupaticl/) of Germa�y the Cold War) and the r�uVl\fil!aiioll) of Gev-ma­ny1 Ohd are too com-pf;cafed to _go 1nio hev-e.

lhe e<Airliest 'Beditl stamps we-re simple overpri()ts �''BERLIN") ot1 stamp? of11West Gev-maf!y. Mcst 'Bef/lr"l. sJovnps 1ncl�de the iriscript10V\ Deutsche 'BuVldespost 13er/1V\ (Ger ...

�aV\ Fedefa{ Post Off,'ce Berlin). Many Berliti stamps, are ideV'­t1 cal to Wesi German stomps except lo<' the addition of the word \IBerfi,.)'. The West Gefman Post Office Cotlsiderd the stamps of West Germofly and West Bef/iv'l to be ;nier­cha�3eab/e,) ahd both ki()ds of stomps could he used at eitheir locaton. 'Bdow ;s a small sample of the app'fox1.mofefy 'loo stom'Ps issued by Ber/in.

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Herrn Hans Mangold Am Deutenbach 6-10

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First & Last Day of valid mixed franking.

LEIDER TAG

2. X. 90 KURSGULTIGKEIT OOA

Herrn Hartmut Bruder Gri.iner Weg 22 A

7264 WERMSDORF

Deutsch Post (DOR)/ Deutsch Bundespost (FRG)

Musical Instruments of Ifni Ifni was a Spanish province on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Spain formally returned the territory to Morocco on June 30, 1969. The population is mostly Berber is engaged in fishing and in the raising

of sheep, camels, and goats. The stamps show people playing a plucked instrument, a bowed mstrument, a tambor and a drum.

Coat of Arms

Musical Instruments of Spanish Sahara Spanish Sahara was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was occupied and ruled as a territory by Spain between 1884 and 1975. Morocco now controls the entire Atlantic coast and most of the landmass, population, and natural resources of Western Sahara. Exports include livestock, hides, wool, and common salt. The stamps show people playing flutes and drums.

Coat of Arms

The Belgian Congo The Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These beautiful stamps, printed from 1931-193 7, show the native Congolese culture as it was at that time. The appearance of the people, the material culture and scenes from nature make this an attractive set of s{1\mps for the collector. The engraving process allowed for a great level of detail in the small space of a postage stamp.

Village Scenes

Kivu kraal Uele hut Mondimbi village Stanleyvi11e canoes

..Ihe People ·

domesticated elephant Mangbetu chief preparing cassava Buluba chief lrumu woman

Scenes from Nature

Musicians

Coat of Arms

flute players Lake Leopold musicians

KINGDOM OF HEJAZ 1916 - 1925

.IA-PIASTRE The design. is based on the carved door panels

of the al-Salih Tala'i mosque in Cairo.

0-PIASTRE The central design. is from a page of a Koran in the mosque

of Sultan Barquq in Cairo.

I-PIASTRE The design features details of an ancient prayer niche

in the al-Amri mosque at Qus in Upper Egypt.

THE FIGHT FOR ARABIAN INDEPENDENCE from the Turkish Ottoman Empire

during World War I resulted in the creation of the Kingdom of Hejaz.

Hejaz, a coastal area in the west of what is now Saudi Arabia, existed only from 1916 -1924.

T.E. Lawrence, later to become the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, was asked to design

and print the fledgling nation's first three stamps, issued in September of 1916. In keeping with Islamic tradition, all design is decorative; there is no depiction of figures,

animals, landscapes or Western lettering.

The New Hebrides is a Y-shaped archipelago of around 85 tropical is lands in the South Pacific Ocean, west of Fiji and north-east of New Zealand.

It was first discovered by explorer Pedro Fernandez de Quiros who claimed it for Spain and the Catholic Church in 1606.

later, in 1768, LouisAntoine de Bougainville gave it the name Great Cyclades.

In 1774, Captain Cook named it the New Hebrides, after the Scottish isles.

There are 12 main islands.

He thought he h a d discovered the Great Southern Land, so he called it Terra Australis de/ Espiritu Santo. Little did he know that he had landed on an island, which now bears the name Espiritu Santo, or Santo, for short

The New Hebrides has many names French settlers came and took over land for plantations. Australians also made their home there, eventually causing Britain and F ranee to form a jointly governed Condominium in 1906. Thus it was known as both the New Hebrides and Nouvelles-Hebrides.

In the local Bislama language (a form of pidgin English) it was called "Tufala gavman."

1911 definitive

issues

1908 British Throughout the life of the Condominium, all stamp issues provlslonal Issue except one were issued in both British and French versions.

In July 1980, it became independent and took the name Vanuatu (vanua =

land, tu= stand up, be independent). 15 VANUATU

The flag bears a pig tusk, which is prized bytheni­Vanuatu (people of or from Vanuatu).

VANUATU 75

Others called it the ·Pandemonium.·

1908French provisional issue

The national motto is "Long God yumi stanap• which means "In God We Stand:

HAWAII,

INDEPENDENT

KINGDOM

TO 1893 Sc. #1 - 52

REPUBLIC OF

HAWAII

1893 TO 1898 Sc. #53 - 79

ANNEXED

TO

U.S.A.

1898 TO 1900 Sc. #80 - 82

TERRITORY

OF

HAWAII

1900 TO 1959

l•\illO .. MOZAMllQUI Mozambique Company Chartered February 11, 1891

The trading company in central Mozambique corresponded to present provinces of Maneca and Sofala. Headquartered in Beira, the territorial Capitol, on the coast in Sofala, the company was financed by Germany, the United Kingdom and South Africa with a 50 year lease from Lisbon, Portugal. Part of Portuguese East Africa from the 15th Century explorations and settlements. Portugal would continue to intervene during rebellions in 1902 and 1917 In 1942 the territories administration passed to the Portuguese Colonial Authorities. Mozambique gained its indeQendence from Portugal in 1975.

The triangular issues circa 1937 show wildlife, Vasco da Gamma's Flagship. Triangular airmail stamps in several denormnations and colors but same aircraft were issued.

The overprinted stamps celebrate the visit of the President of Portugal to Beira in 1939 when he awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Colonial Empire to the

Mozambique Company.

The Mozambique Company organized a Postal Service that operated in Beira from 1892 to 1941 Two hundred eighty different stamps were issued. The stamps were un­watermarked and engraved. After 1918 most were printed in London, England. The stamps were a source of income for the Company They were popular with collectors because they were attractive colorful exotic several .. , , , issues were triangular shaped and inexpensive.

NYASSA- EXTINCT "COUNTRY" Nyassa or Companhia do Niassa was a royal charter company in the colony of

Portuguese East Africa. Between 1891 and 1929, the company had concession of

the lands that include the present provinces of Cabo Delgado and Niassa, in the

northern part of what is now Mozambique.

The Companhia do Niassa concession included the right· to issue postage and,

between 1898 and 1925, produced 141 postage stamps. Only a small percentage

of these were issued for actual postal use; most were created to take advantage of

the philatelic market for stamps of African countries.

Stamps depicting African animals were popular with collectors; therefore, issues

with giraffes, camels, and zebras were produced. However, of these three

animals, only zebras are native to northern Mozambique, the location of Nyassa.

Issue of 1901- Giraffes

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Issue of 1903 (Surcharged) - Camels

Issue of 1911 (Overprint REPUBLICA) - Camels and Zebra Issue of 1921-23 - Zebra

Issue of 1925 (Postage Due)­

Giraffe and Zebra

British

India Postal Adm in.

British

Forerunners

Stamps of

India ==- 1865 - 1895 British Protectorate - Beginning 1895

British East Africa O/P

1896 Dec. 1963 Independence

Feb .1964 Republic of

Zanzibar

1957

Apr. 1964 Republic of

Tanganyika and Zanzibar

Oct. 1965 Republic of

Zanzibar and Tanzania

Aug. 1967Last Stamp

inscribed "Zanzibar"

July 1968 Kenya, Uganda

and Tanzania to 197 6 1976 Tanzania stamps only

France O/P